Studying this morning's four readings from the St. James Daily Devotional Guide (click to subscribe), I examined myself with these questions. Where is your self-examination leading today?
Psalms 119:129-176. Verse 164, seven times a day. How many times a day do I stop to praise God, seek him, and wait on him? Or isn’t this something we should be counting?
Jeremiah 18:1-23. Verses 3-6, in what way does my stance toward God fall short of the complete submissiveness of the clay to the potter, called for here? Action point for today?
Romans 7:1-12. Verse 6, what does serving God in newness of spirit, not the oldness of the letter, actually look like in my everyday life right now? Why does it matter?
Matthew 15:1-9. Is Jesus well pleased with my faithful honoring of father and mother as God has commanded?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.